5 Ways To Embarrass Yourself At The Gym

Considering you can be involved in movements that require half of your torso hanging in mid-air in a room full of sweaty strangers, the scope of gym humiliation can be rather high. Added to this can be some very common yet silly ways in which you can further embarrass yourself at the gym. Which is why we are telling you how to minimize the shame by avoiding these five mistakes at all costs.

1) Wear Jeans

You'll be the guy who wears denims to the gym. Probably because denims are your comfort cloth. Maybe because it'll protect your knees if you fall, god forbid. No biggie right? Wrong. There is a reason why there is a strict dress code for every occasion. Just like you cannot wear a leather jacket and slim-fit jeans at a black-tie event, you cannot wear casual clothes to the gym. Besides, jeans will hardly give you the stretching space you require while working out. Stick to the dress code, please.

2) Hit On Chicks

Every man goes to the gym to look at, and subsequently hit on the chicks. The problem here is that if you try and fail, then she'll probably move on and hook up with another guy and you'll be stuck as is. You'd have to see her get hit on by other men or see her actually going out with someone and that'll be awkward. Why have these complications in the first place. Concentrate on your own workout at all times please.

3) Give Body Compliments

You'd think that throwing around compliments would make you popular. We won't stop you if your intention is to be the creepy guy at the gym. For all other practical purposes, compliments like 'Nice Traps', 'Lean Body', or Big Biceps' should only be thought and kept in your mind and never be said out loud.

4) You Give Unsolicited Advice

Unless your designation is that of a 'Trainer', you're better off being quiet. Just because you read a lot of health and fitness-based stories or are a fitness enthusiast doesn't really make you an expert. The very fact that you roam around at the gym giving unwarranted advice makes you look insecure about yourself. Stick to exercising like a normal gym goer.

5) Yell

You have a definite purpose behind going to the gym. You workout because you want to look good, like the guy in the briefs commercial. Do not defeat the purpose by screaming whenever you lift the weights as if you've just climaxed. You'll not only become 'that' guy who makes orgasmic noises but will also be labelled as an attention seeker.